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Oscar Martinson

Oscar Martinson, ca. 1915. Published in Men of Minnesota: A Collection of Portraits of the Men Prominent in Business and Professional Life in Minnesota (St. Paul: Polk & Company, 1915), page 52.

William Nash

William Nash, April 14, 1918. Minneapolis Newspaper Photograph Collection, Hennepin County Library.

CU Powerline

The CU Powerline (right), whose installation was protested by Alice Tripp and others (2010). Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user Wtshymanski, June 2, 2010. CC BY-SA 3.0.

Alice Tripp and Dick Hanson

Alice Tripp marching with her campaign manager, Dick Hanson, in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of women’s suffrage (1978). Printed in the Minneapolis Tribune, August 27, 1978.

Anti-powerline rally poster

A poster advertising an anti-power-line march (1978). Used with the permission of the Pope County Historical Society.

Hold That Line became a newsletter that connected anti-powerline activists. Alice Tripp was a frequent subject and contributor (1977). Used with the permission of the Pope County Historical Society.

Alice Tripp

Alice Tripp in 1980.

Tripp, Alice Raatama (1918‒2014)

A self-proclaimed “jumper-inner,” Alice Tripp made her mark as a grassroots activist and self-taught farmer. She was a key leader of a movement opposing the CU Powerline, which began construction on western Minnesota farmland in the early 1970s. Tripp went on to steer a surprisingly successful gubernatorial campaign, and even briefly tried her luck in the 1980 presidential election.